Giorgio Policella

Sr Quality Engineer at Medtronic | Executive MBA candidate at HEC UNIL Lausanne

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

About

MSc in Biomedical Engineering and DFSS Green Belt certified, currently serving as Senior Quality Engineer at Medtronic and enrolled in the Executive MBA at HEC Lausanne (UNIL). I bring nearly a decade of experience across R&D and manufacturing quality, with a strong track record in leading cross-functional programs that enhance product quality, manufacturability, and operational efficiency. Professional expertise: - Quality & Risk Management - Manufacturing process & equipment Validation - Program & Project Management - Data-Driven Problem Solving

Experience

  • Medtronic (Tolochenaz, Vaud, Svizzera)
    • Senior Quality Engineer
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    • R&D Quality Engineer
      Jul 2018 - Jun 2023 · 5 yrs

      Medtronic Europe, Swiss Medtronic Operations (SMO), Tolochenaz, Switzerland As a quality representative for pre-market projects, I am responsible of the quality and compliance work package for new product introduction (AIMD IPG and ICD) during design transfer to manufacturing. I also supported CAPAs, 483-related activities and EUMDR technical documentation gap assessment. In addition to the quality role, I’m co-responsible at site level of a corporate program (Design for reliability and manufacturability) which aims to improve product and process reliability by promoting technical excellence and rigor across product lifecycle.

    • Process Engineer
      May 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Medtronic Europe, Swiss Medtronic Operations (SMO), Tolochenaz, Switzerland I was responsible for the characterization via DRM methodology of manufacturing processes such as: epoxy preparation, epoxy dispense and surface finishing. I was also in charge of different validation activities such as: feasibility study for new equipment acquisition, test method validation, equipment qualification, WI update, CQ and CT training on analysis of manufacturing holds.

  • Master Thesis Project at Campus Biotech - MIPLab
    Sep 2015 - Feb 2016 · 6 mos

    The aim of the project was to introduce a novel approach for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) classification integrating new measures of dynamic functional connectivity and advanced statistical/mathematical (machine learning) methods. I identified specific pattern of functional connectivity as capable to discriminate between a group of MCI patients and healthy control subjects. Thanks to the good classification performance, this new approach had great potential for the difficult early characterization of this disease.

  • Exchange Student at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
    Sep 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

    I spent 18 months at EPFL as exchange student (Swiss-European Mobility Program), performing courses, semester projects and the master thesis project.

  • R&D intern at Lunaphore
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2015 · 2 mos

    During the summer internship I was responsible of assembling, testing and characterizing prototypes for immunohistochemistry destined for their utilization at Lunaphore as well as at customers. I also assisted the application development team for prototype troubleshooting.

  • R&D internship student at Politecnico di Torino
    May 2013 - Jun 2013 · 2 mos

    During the curricular internship I was responsible of the state-of-the-art analysis of sensing in bioreactors as well as of the early-stage development and definition of a new monitoring system of a device for dynamic cell culture.